... The BURNING of the PARIS The 35,000-ton French Liner Capsizes in Le Havre Harbour FIREMEN FIGHT THE OUTBREAK FROM THE QUAYSIDE Attempting to master the flames in the liner Paris. On right A view showing the heavy list she took before her smouldering hull finally turned over and lay straddled across the harbour I II 11H 111 A GIANT IN DISTRESS: A dramatic impression of the 35,000-ton Paris in ...

... Anxious Neutrality Belgium's Attitude T o= wards European Affairs At a Critical Moment THERE is every reason why the Belgian reaction to interna tional crises should be very dif ferent from that of its neighbour, Holland. In the first place, too many European wars have been fought out on its territory. In the second place, the potential aggres sor of to-day was the invader of yesterday, and ...

... Isolation and tu U.S. TKe Old Policy no Longer Prac= tical Politics FROM 1914 until 1917, United States foreign policy was dictated by the conviction that the war in Europe was none of America's affair, and that neutrality was not only possible but proper. If you will remember, President Wilson once told the American people that, even in their thinking, they should be neutral. After the Treaty ...

... 10U SPHEKt Where Albania and Yugoslavia Come Face r A /--n (-),^ier Balkan TO I ALb Pictures of Moment IV* w _ THE RUGGED NORTH ALBANIAN ALPS: These fastnesses lie close to the northern border, making a clear-cut geographic division between Albania and the Montenegro region of Yugoslavia. Three-quarters of Albania is as mountainous as this A BACKGROUND OF FORBIDDING HILLS: Against this stands ...

... T LJ C A C D I A S KA IMP. IS IT THE IDEAL REPLY TO THE Raiding I n P r-\ lIvIML I v I II \l II bomber a possibly decisive weapon ■By INGLIS SHELDON- WILLIAMS THE invention by Major H. J. Muir is a small bomb weighing 9 or 10 ozs. supported by a meteorological balloon on a 40-ft. length of fine wire, the whole apparatus costing about 5s. Each bomb is fitted with a self-destroying device which ...

... BOUND FOR MEDITERRANEAN WATERS: The German pocket battleship Admiral Graj Spec pictured as she steamed through the Straits of Dover at the head of the German naval squadron which is to carry out its spring exercises in Spanish waters and may later visit some of the Italian ports. The squadron dawdled for two days in the North Sea and there was some speculation as to its whereabouts until a ...

... By Iris Brooke FOLLOWING swiftly on the heels of the exhibition of a century of French caricature at the New Burlington Galleries comes another exhibition of caricature-- some drawn as early as the fifteenth century --and this time at the British' Museum. The British Museum, of course, has an immense departmental collection of prints and drawings from which to select suitable exhibits, and ...

... Strange Rites of the Bektashis A Curious Albanian Sect and its Customs THE most re spected of the many sects into which Albanian Muslims have sepa rated themselves are the Bektashis. Entrance into this order is extremely difficult, and the tests, both of phy sical courage and mental ability, are said to be im mensely severe. By some secret sign they can dis tinguish one an other, and not a ...

... THE INFANTRY CARRY ON IN SPITE OF A SPOT OF RAIN IN HAMPSHIRE Dangling bayonet and gas mask, these stalwart young men of Britain's new Infan try plough through the mud and slush with the disregard for comfort of Old Soldiers THE R.A.S.C. DISGUISE THEM- The four-legged beasts are not ousted alto- SELVES DURING A MOVEMENT geth f|,°m *!?e Army. The R.A.S.C. still Tun^nru u/on rw rniinmv have ...

... BRITAIN'S WAR-TIME COUNCIL OF TEN The Ministry of Supply and Its Plans For the Better Conduct of the War Described by NOEL THOMPSON IN time of war one should, I suppose, change one's perspective from the individual to the national, from the perfect miniature to the vast canvas of a great task. I admit to finding this difficult, but an examination of the newest of our ministries, the Ministry ...

... REDUCING THE NIGHTLY TOLL OF THE ROADS If Suggestions Are To Be Made To the Recently Set Up Committee of Investigation, Let Them Be Practical Ones (C/erl ...

... STRICTLY OUR OWN AFFAIR Or, a Quiet Night in Hertfordshire THE COMPERE Mr. C. Matania, a figure of wit who provided the audience with a broad outline of the show NOW ALL TOGETHER, PLEASE: To the doubtless nos talgic strainsof Home Town everybody joined in with Mr. A. Henley, who contributed a selection of songs DISTINGUISHED AUDIENCE CORNER A picture which might be more aptly titled A Smile ...